Sales of four- and two-wheelers almost halved in August, compared to the equivalent month last year.
Suzuki gives minor updates to the Access to fend off competition from the Honda Activa 125, says Faisal Ali Khan of MotorBeam.com
Bajaj Auto has realigned its Discover line-up to reduce confusion and boost market share, says Faisal Ali Khan of MotorBeam.com
Domestic and foreign companies pour in a slew of investments in Gujarat.
The two-wheeler industry marked its first fall in 11 months in November with sales of 1.24 million reporting a fall of nearly six per cent compared to the same month last year
Chinese automakers Great Wall Motors, FAW Haima Automobile, and Changan Automobile, after dithering about entering India for some years, have been encouraged by the robust sales performance of the late entrants Kia Motors and MG Motors even in a slowing market.
The biggest two-wheeler market in the world is -- of course -- India. Guess who are the gainers? Yamaha and Honda.
To compete with mass commuter bikes like the Discover and Honda CB Shine, Yamaha has launched 125cc Saluto
While hybrids, CNG and biofuels found favour in 2018 among many carmakers including Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda, others such as M&M and Tata Motors have shown full faith in electric vehicles.
Low-base effect to kick in, but higher raw material prices could spoil the show.
A weaker rupee against the US dollar and the Japanese yen along with margin sustenance pressures have forced companies to raise prices.
Maruti, Hyundai & Mahindra together had 72.5% market share in year's first half.
Maruti, Honda and Tata Motors posted highest sales growth during the month
For players like Toyota Kirloskar and Ford, the contribution of UVs to overall sales is now well over 60%.
Auto companies in the state are likely to go on an expansion drive buoyed by better-than anticipated sales over the past few quarters.
I believe one of the reasons for Maruti's success has been its ability to strike a balance. We have borrowed the best in terms of Japanese technology, quality and work culture. At the same time, in our relationship with employees, partners and customers, we have been Indian to the core, says Shinzo Nakanishi.
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Maruti sold 191 units of SX4 sedan in January 2014.
Car sales likely to touch record 3-mn mark by the end of March.
Market leader Maruti Suzuki India's passenger vehicles sales declined by 2.34 per cent last month at 133,702 units. Hero MotoCorp reported total two-wheeler sales of 480,196 units last month, down 20.05 per cent.
In the domestic market, the car has been well accepted and currently the company has over 80,000 bookings for the model.
Model 3 received 180,000 orders worldwide.
Cumulative sale at India's top six passenger vehicle (PV) makers dropped 0.7 per cent to 267,000 units, from 269,000 a year before.
Although most companies had geared for increased production at their plants, most say the surge in demand was unexpected, partly driven by yesteryear purchases which had been postponed earlier due to lack of funds.
The quantum of price increase will vary from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 across all models, the company said in a statement.
Japanese car major Nissan on Tuesday said will hike the prices of its vehicles, including hatchback Micra and sports utility vehicle Terrano in India, by up to 4 per cent from next month in order to offset the impact of rupee depreciation and escalating input costs.
Despite a rise in input costs, leading car-makers refrain from hiking their price.
The compact segment where Sonet will be launched is crowded with the Maruti Vitara and Brezza, which top the sales' list, and a bevy of models from Mahindra & Mahindra apart from Hyundai's offering. But volumes in this are slightly higher than those in the mid-segment, making it attractive, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
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The latest Hyundai i20 is an exciting car, given the overall drive experience, transmission, ride quality and tech. And while it may not be as low cost as a Maruti or come with the "heavy German steel-feel" of the Volkswagen, it does carve out a niche for itself at pole position with a combination of technology, styling, drive and ride comfort, and low cost of ownership, says Pavan Lall.
Suzuki patriarch steps down from CEO post as mileage test storm grows.
Apart from a pavilion of vintage cars, there will be a Bollywood corner
Indian automobile units are employing more and more robots to improve your car's efficiency. India is catching up well as world over, the latest technologies is redefining outdated manufacturing processes.
JLR is the latest in the list of companies which have announced a likely impact on operations due to crunch in auto component supplies from Japan.
Companies like Yamaha Motor India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Suzuki Motorcycle India and TVS Motors are all geared up to launch bikes to shake-up Bajaj's stronghold -- the 150-250-cc segment
Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Italy-based Fiat SpA and domestic auto major Tata Motors, plans to position the car in the premium hatchback segment along with Maruti Suzuki's Ritz, Hyundai's i20, Skoda's Fabia and to be launched Honda Siel's Jazz, the company said.
Ford is among several multinational automobile companies in India for whom exports now bring bigger volumes than local sales.
In June alone, Rs 13,000 crore (Rs 130 billion) worth shares were released.
After ruling the Indian scooter scenario for a long period, Kinetic Motors is changing gears. It now wants to foray into the much-hyped and highly competitive motorcycles segment.
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